Riolama is a small genus of lizards in the family Gymnophthalmidae.
| Riolama | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Gymnophthalmidae |
| Subfamily: | Riolaminae |
| Genus: | Riolama Uzzell, 1973 |
| Type species | |
| Prionodactylus leucostictus Boulenger, 1900
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| Diversity | |
| 6 species (see text) | |
Geographic range
editSpecies
editThe genus Riolama contains 6 species:[1]
- Riolama grandis Recoder, Prates, Marques-Souza, Camacho, Sales-Nunes, Vechio, Ghellere, McDiarmid, & Rodrigues, 2020
- Riolama inopinata Kok, 2015
- Riolama leucosticta (Boulenger, 1900) - white-spotted riolama
- Riolama luridiventris Esqueda, La Marca & Praderio, 2004
- Riolama stellata Recoder, Prates, Marques-Souza, Camacho, Sales-Nunes, Vechio, Ghellere, McDiarmid, & Rodrigues, 2020
- Riolama uzzelli Molina & Señaris, 2003
Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Riolama.
Relatives of the Riolama, nicknamed "The Night Sky" and "The Brown Giant" were discovered by scientists in the Pico da Neblina National Park, Brazil in 2018.[2]
References
edit- ^ a b Riolama at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 26 January 2015.
- ^ Jung, Elaine (2018-04-06). "Amazon Discoveries - The new species found where few scientists have gone before". BBC News. Retrieved 2018-04-06.
Further reading
edit- Uzzell T (1973). "A Revision of Lizards of the Genus Prionodactylus, with a New Genus for P. leucostictus and Notes on the Genus Euspondylus (Sauria, Teiidae)". Postilla, Peabody Mus., Yale Univ. (159): 1-67. (Riolama, new genus, pp. 52–55).
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